Cruise Ships

The world's largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas, will hit the sea for the first time this March. The ship has been under construction for the past three years. The 1,188-foot-long vessel will leave for its first...

MSC Cruises has chosen Piraeus, Greece as the home port of the "MSC Lirica" cruise ship for the East Mediterranean schedule in the summer of 2022, it announced on Monday. MSC Lirica is the lead ship in her class of...

Along with the rest of Greece, the hospitality industry on the rocky resort island of Mykonos  began opening to welcome back travelersth the rest of Greece, the hospitality industry on the rocky resort island of Mykonos  began welcome back customers on May 14th.

The island of Crete in Greece welcomed on Friday the first two cruise ships of the year with an impressive spectacle, to mark the beginning of the tourism season of 2021. 

Leading cruise holidays provider Royal Caribbean International has revealed its new state-of-the-art cruise ship, Wonder of the Seas.

Greek ports are expected to welcome more than five million cruise passengers this summer, breaking last year’s record, according to Greece’s Union of Cruise Shipowners and Associated Members. The estimated number of incoming cruise ship travelers is set to exceed...

In 2017, Greece experienced a large drop in cruise ship arrivals and passenger visits compared to 2016, according to data released by the Hellenic Ports Union “ELIME”. Cruise ship arrivals decreased by around 20.5% in 2017 (from 4,307 in 2016...

Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Panagiotis Kouroumblis expressed the view that a port which would offer duty-free shopping to cruise ship tourists, would boost the Greek economy. Speaking on the Athens Macedonia News Agency radio 104.9 FM on Tuesday,...

Cruise ship arrivals in Greece have dropped due to the continued political instability in Turkey. According to Kathimerini news daily, passenger traffic at the port of Iraklio in Crete saw a 39.4% decline in passenger traffic with numbers dropping to...

Four cruise ships carrying 8,733 tourists and 3,416 crew members docked at the port of Katakolo, Greece. The tourists visited the archaeological site of Ancient Olympia while some of them decided to have a swim taking advantage of the high...